Results of the Czechoslovak-Iranian entomological expeditions to Iran 1970, 1973 and 1977. Heteroptera, Leptopodidae
Hoberlandt L.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 41: 99-105, 1983
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Abstract: Of the Leptopodid fauna of Iran thereare at present recorded 6 species
belonging to 4 genera. Three species are noted as first records to the fauna of
Iran Patapius spinosus (Rossi), species with wide Holomediterranean
distribution, Patapius sentus Drake and Hoberlandt, species ranging in Near East
from Egypt to Afghanistan and Leptopus decus Drake, species known from India and
recently from Iran and Afghanistan. Other species occurtng in Iran are Erianotus
lanosus (Dufour) and Leptopus hispanus Rambur, both with wide Holomediterranean
distrtbmtton and Valleriola assuanensis (Costa) ranging in Egypt, India, Ceylon,
Iran and Afghanistan.
Key words: Czech Iranian expedition to Iran, National Museum in Prague, Near East, Iran, faunistics, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Leptopodidae